McSpadden v. Minick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is generally held that a defendant who does all that a reasonably prudent man would do to avoid an accident of this nature is not guilty of negligence. * * * * * * “When a trial judge, after considering all of the evidence, is convinced that there is no basis upon which a verdict in favor of the plaintiff could be supported, it becomes his duty as a matter of law to sustain a motion for dismissal.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pence v. Chaudet